CONTENTS 



Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1917. 104 p. (Document No. 845. Issued December 6, 1917.) 



The distribution of fish and fish eggs during the fiscal year 1917. Appen- 

 dix I, 99 p. (Document No. 846. Issued February 1, 1918.) 



Alaska fisheries and fur industries in 1917. By Ward T. Bower and Henry D. 

 Aller. Appendix II, 123 p. (Document No. 847. Issued December 28, 1918.) 



Mortality op fishes on the west coast of Florida. By Harden F. Taylor. Ap- 

 pendix III, 24 p., 4 pi. (Document No. 848. Issued June 13, 1917.) 



Fish isinglass and glue. By George F.White. Appendix IV^, 15 p., 2 pi. (Doc- 

 ument No. 852. Issued August 27, 1917.) 



The pikes: Their geographical distribution, habits, culture, and commercial 

 importance. By William Converse Kendall. Appendix V, 45 p., 6 fig. 

 (Document No. 853. Issued September 27, 1917.) 



Notes on the life history of the minnows Gambusia affinis and Cyprinodon 

 variegatus. By Samuel F. Hildebrand. Appendix VI, 15 p., 4 fig. (Doc- 

 ument No. 857. Issued August 13, 1917.) 



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